Double Jeopardy

[JBMoney]

OK, maybe I saw this on a bad day, I don't remember. If you saw the trailer, you saw the movie. Double Jeopardy is completely predictable, every alleged twist determined by some writer's hand-held "plot-o-matic". Ashley Judd is decent in a less than challenging role as the "wrongly accused of murder and now vindictive" mother trying to get even and get her kid back. Tommy Lee Jones is a good actor in a weak role as a has-been law professor, who is now her parole officer. His part never generates any real emotion for the viewer. Weak characters, predictable plot, good enough acting. That being said, it's not a bad choice if there's nothing else to see (or rent).

Score: 5/10

[cladmartin]

Any lawyers out there? I read someone trashed the movie based on the fact that the premise was false. Most crimes specify a person, place and time, and that holds true for murder. I think the reviewer interviewed all of O.J.'s lawyers for the article.

[lucie]

It sure looked like movie-of-the-week stuff. Maybe they should have sold the script to Lifetime and featured Valerie Bertinelli.

I'm gonna go see "Three Kings" tomorrow. That one looks great!

[Xena]

I saw it and agree...it is totally Lifetime material...and if it was a Lifetime movie, Valerie Bertinelli would be perfect!

Here's the legal reality: Obviously "double jeopardy" exists & prohibits trying the same person for the same crime twice. However, it does not prohibit trying someone of two separate crimes...i.e. killing your husband with a knife in 1993 in Washington and killing that same husband (oops he's not really dead)with a gun in New Orleans in 1999. Furthermore (okay I am getting technical!) double jeopardy only prevents the state from retrying for same crime, if it is also a federal crime-- and it almost always can be-- the feds can always try you in federal court and there is no double jeopardy.
The movie was pretty lame.

[JBMoney]

One other thing...

Even if "Double Jeopardy" applies, it doesn't clear her of breaking into day care centers, pushing cars off the ferry or otherwise damaging them, recklessly speeding down any number of small town streets, destroying untold numbers of automobiles in the process, and possible injuring a number of innocent bystanders. Yet, at the end it's as if everything magically falls back into place...just because. Even if she didn't go back to jail, she probably wouldn't be granted custody.